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Hell Town
Overview
Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.
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Seasons
Season 1 (1985)
No overview available.
15 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Let My Jenny Go
1985-09-11Father Hardstep Rivers attempst to save Jennie, a young prostitute from a fate worse than death. Jennie doesn’t know that her pimp Ric (George Chakiris) is really her father, or that her mother Sara (Bibi Besch) is doing time in the pen. Hardstep tries to affect a miracle by having the former lovers meet at the church altar. He gets Sara out of the pen on a pass, then watches as the woman implores Ric to free their daughter from sexual bondage. Even the resident wino could have seen what was coming. Not Hardstep. Eric refuses the mother’s request, and she murders him in cold blood with a knife.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: The People vs. Willie the Goat
1985-09-18Episode 3: Fast Louie
1985-09-25Father Hardstep loses his cool when an old con man shows up and tells the orphans he’s the priest's real father.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)
1985-10-02Episode 5: Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)
1985-10-02Episode 6: I Will Abide
1985-10-23Episode 7: Stumpy Boy
1985-10-30Episode 8: Lords of War
1985-11-06Episode 9: The One Called Daisy
1985-11-13Sister Daisy is brutally attacked and raped and subsequently discovers she is pregnant, and it is now Father Hardstep's difficult work to support her in the agonizing decision whether to keep the baby.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Love and Four Corners
1985-11-20Father Hardstep deals with a group of women who threaten to leave their husbands blaming a corner bar where the men are accused of not only drinking too much but losing their money gambling.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner
1985-11-27Episode 12: A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)
1985-12-04Town’ Father Hardstep has his hands full when Kathy, former Hell Town resident, marries David, son of Beverly Hills socialites. Problems arise when Kathy's father, Phil, out on leave from jail, wants to skip out to settle an old score, and David's father is an embarrassment with his snobbish behavior.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)
1985-12-11Father Hardstep saves a young girl, Meg, from a life on the Sets and pornography films, only to discover she is further harassed by a faceless corporation terorizing tenants in her newfound home and life.
Runtime: 60 min
